Dominos



R. H. WILLIAMS.

(No Model.)

DOMINO.

Patented May 29,1883.

. o M W m A M //Y 4% d E A w 3% m'. WW W/ WHY 1M B ATTORNEYS UNITEDSTATES- PATENT OFFICE;

RICHARD H. WILLIAMS, or MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

DOMINO'S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 2"78,646, dated May 29,1883.

Application filed March 26,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, Brenna) H. WILLIAMs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of NewYork, have invented new and usefullmprovementsin Dominos, of which thefollowing is aspeciiication. i

This invention consists in a set of dominos in which each number isdistinguished by separate color-for instance, the two spots or thespacesbeariugthe two spots being orange, the three spots or the spaces bearingthem being brown, and so on, so that any mistake in matching thepieceswill be instantly detected. i 1

"In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a portion of a set ofdoniinos in whichthe spots are distinguished by different shadingorcoloring. Fig. 2 shows twopieces in which the spots are colored alike,but the spaces bearing said spots are distinguished by different shadingorcolorin".

Siinilarletters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letters A B O D designate different pieces ofdominos, which illustrate my invention. The faces of all these piecesare colored alike, either white or'of any other desirable color; but thespots are distinguished by difi'ere-nt colors, the different shadingbeing usedin the drawings to indicate different colors. Thus the colorof all the one spots in the set maybe blue, the color of all the twospots yellow, the color of all the three spots brown, the color of allthe four spots red, the color of all the five spots green, andthe colorof all the six spots black. By

scribing witnesses.

these means mistakes in matching the pieces are avoided.

Instead ot'distinguishing the various numhers by different colors of thespots, they may be distinguished by different colors of thespacesbearing the various numbers, as shown in Fig. 2. For instance, all thespaces hearing one spots may be colored blue; all the spaces bearing twospots, yellow; all the spaces bearing three spots, brown; all the spacesbearing four spots, red; all the spaces bearing five spots, green allthespaces bearing six spots, gray, while all the spots in the r set arecolored black. a.

Of course the colors may be changed according totaste or fancy; but itis essential that all the onespots, or all the spaces'carrying onespots, shall be colored alike; all the two spots, or all the spacescarrying two spots,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence oftwo sub- RIOHARD H. WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

